O2WMED: Quality controlled dataset of dissolved oxygen in the western Mediterranean Sea (2004-2023) from R/V oceanographic cruises - the original data product after primary quality control

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A new dataset from oceanographic cruises in the Western Mediterranean Sea (WMED) was compiled to integrate the previously published regional data product about dissolved inorganic nutrients (CNR-DIN-WMED, Belgacem et al., 2019, doi:10.1594/PANGAEA.904172). The Mediterranean region is experiencing rapid changes, necessitating high-quality and reliable datasets. However, the scarcity of the in-situ observations hinders the understanding of these changes and their impact on biogeochemical cycles. Dissolved oxygen is a vital component of marine ecosystems and plays a fundamental role in governing nutrient and carbon cycles, underscoring the need for accurate and reliable data. To address this, a high resolution, regional-scale data product was developed to understand decadal variability and spatial/temporal patterns of the ventilation process in the WMED. This study presents an extensive collection of unpublished oxygen measurements collected between 2004 and 2023, along with a description of the quality assurance procedures. The quality assurance process involves calibration of CTD measurements against Winkler analyses and the comparison of deep observations with reference datasets, using the crossover analysis. The resulting data product can be used as reference for assessing oxygen sensors on biogeochemical Argo (BGC-Argo) floats and for regional model validation.

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DOI https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.974725
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Related Identifier References https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.904172
Related Identifier References https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-12-1985-2020
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Provenance
Creator Belgacem, Malek ORCID logo; Schroeder, Katrin ORCID logo; Lauvset, Siv K ORCID logo; Álvarez, Marta ORCID logo; Chiggiato, Jacopo ORCID logo; Borghini, Mireno; Cantoni, Carolina ORCID logo; Ciuffardi, Tiziana; Sparnocchia, Stefania ORCID logo
Publisher PANGAEA
Publication Year 2025
Rights Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International; Data access is restricted (moratorium, sensitive data, license constraints); https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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Resource Type Dataset
Format text/tab-separated-values
Size 15701931 data points
Discipline Earth System Research
Spatial Coverage (-6.800W, 35.507S, 14.819E, 44.370N); Western Mediterranean Sea
Temporal Coverage Begin 2004-10-06T00:00:00Z
Temporal Coverage End 2023-04-07T00:00:00Z